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Reports Posted This Season - 49 ; Fatalities - 58 ; US Fatalities - 22
Reports in Database: 2150+

Snow Avalanche Statistics

The statistics section has graphs and links to graphs concerning avalanche accident statistics. We now have charts for the US for 2024-25 posted as well as an interactive map. We have published our books on US fatalities for the 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 season. which are available online for free to members, print copies are available in our store (subject to inventory) and on Amazon.

Current Years Snow Avalanche Incidents:

- Incident Summaries (RSS is no longer reliably maintained due to a lack of funding and resources.)

We only list the most recently added avalanche incidents here on the front section page. They may not be chronological. All other incidents since October 1998 can be located using the search page. Due to a lack of resources we are behind on archiving some incidents from the last few years. Many are listed on our working archive page. Help support our public archive and other work.

All 2024-25 incidents we have archived that are not below are now in the searchable database.

View Report	Fatalities	Date	State/Country	Location	Activity
Search All (or most) Incident Reports (Since Oct 1, 1998)
	- 1	Jun 10	Alaska-US	Mt McKinley	Skiing
	- 1	Mar 22	Alaska-US	Turnagain	Snowmobiling
	- 1	Mar 13	Oregon-US	Mt Bailey	Cat Skiing
	- 1	Mar 07	Utah-US	Uintas, Hoyt Pk	Skiing
	- 3	Mar 04	Alaska-US	Girdwood area	Heli-skiing
	- 1	Feb 28	Washington-US	Harts Pass	Snowmobiling
	- 1	Feb 22	Colorado-US	Berthoud Pass	Snowboarding
	- 1	Feb 20	Colorado-US	Silverton area	Snowboarding
	- 2	Feb 17	Oregon-US	Broken Top	Skiing
	- 1	Feb 17	California-US	Tahoe area	Skiing
	- 1	Feb 08	Utah-US	Silver Fork	Skiing
The incidents below are from last season (or older) and have not yet been archived into the database. In some cases more details or verification is needed.
	- 3	May 31	Canada-BC	Atwell Peak	Climbing
		Jun 20	Canada-AB	Mt Temple	Skiing
	- 2	Mar 11	Japan	Hokkaido	Skiing

Incident Reports Posted for 2024-2025: 49
Reported Fatalities for 2024-2025: 58
Reported US Fatalities for 2024-2025: 22

Incidents from seasons prior to October 1998:

All incidents since October 1, 1998 can be found using the search form.

Other Avalanche Incidents and Related Pages

Archived News on French Incidents (in English)
Annual Accident Summaries for France, 2002-2010 (by PisteHors)
Lessons Learned from Incidents (English translation from French, by PisteHors)

Grief and Loss Resources

After a close call, or one by a friend or family member, Critical Incident Stress may occur. Additional useful information is available from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.

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